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...from last year's figures. The Bussey Institution has been discontinued as an undergraduate agricultural department, and its members are now registered in the Graduate School of Applied Science. The Afternoon and Saturday Courses for Teachers have also been discontinued, but this decrease has been more than offset by the increase in other departments. The decrease in the enrollment of the Lawrence Scientific School was to be expected, as no students have been allowed to register in it for the past two years, and all Special Scientific students are registered in the College. The College, the Graduate School of Arts...
...more, rather than that he may enjoy what he has already produced. Man's egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which distinguishes him from other members of the animal kingdom and raises him to the realm of a divine being tends to offset his lack of efficiency in producing happiness. As the intelligence is developed, the human race will tend to become a "race of gods," which is the ultimate end of the universe...
...whole, the number is praise worthy as a presentation of material clearly representative of undergraduate thought on a subject of immediate interest. The weakness of the stories is offset by the vigor of the verse; and Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez's poem alone is enough to give the number distinction
...advantage over Minot, nor was either team able to score on "straight" football. The punting made the game a very open one, in which brilliant individual plays were very frequent. The game was hard-fought from beginning to end, Harvard excelling in the straight rushing, while Yale entirely offset this by excellent judgement and punting. O'Flaherty, the Harvard quarterback, did not appear to drive the team with the best of judgment; he was very weak in handling punts, and at times failed to take advantage of his opponents' mistakes. Wigglesworth, when he replaced O'Flaherty, seemed able...
...splendid fight in the last three quarters of a mile and was well stroked by Forster. It was not till after hitting the launch that the University crew showed any sort of form and power, but the work of the eight in this last half of the race offset the lack of life and good rowing shown in the first part when the crew was in the wash of the other boats. No time was given...